Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
LOS ANGELES.
The Growth of the City
During the Past Year.
A GRAND RECORD.
Progress in All the Departments Of
Trade-Great Increase i'll
the Population.

the Population.
The great register for 1856 shows an
increase of over 5000 voters in Los An.
peles county for the two previous years.
About half of this was in the city. A
town which adds 1900 voters to her
population yearly is growing at the rate
of over 1000 souls per annum. The in.
crease of Inhabitants in Los Angeles city
for the year 1885 has been close on to
10000 souls. For great part many Of
those who have come here arrived too
late to go on the register. Besides,
many of these who might have gone on
neglected to do so. At the beginning of
the current decade there were only q
trifle over 10, 900 people, all told, in the
Pueblo. To-day, the new year of 1887,
shines upon city of not less. perhaps,
than so 600 souls. The present rate of
growth is more rapid than ever, and
when the next decade opens on the city
of Los Angeles her population will num-
ber not much short OF 100000 people.
In single week about the beginning of
December there came in here not less
shan 1000 tourists. The excursion peo-
pie represent grand total OF IS, 900 who
intend to visit this part of the State dur.
ing the winter.
Below will be,found reports from Few
OF the principal architects of the place,
giving the magnitude of their operations
for the past year, with some notes of
preparation for the new one. The show.
ing is one OF great encouragement. For
the greater part of the year the con-
tractors and carpenters had about 250
houses on hand all the time. 1t was no
remarkable matter to see half dozen,
or even half a score finished each day
In the week. These new abodes were
fiiled as fast az finished. To-day there
as hardly vacant house in Los Angeles,
and the building goes on as rapidly as it
did in midsummer.
For the whole of the year entered on
to-day, there cannot by any possibility
be any slack up in building. There
never we're 80 many projects on foot on
New Years day for new business blocks
as there are to-day. Besides the city and
county will each erect handsome public
buildings, and the A. 7. & s. F. R'y
Co. will build great depot at the foot
of First street. The era of railroad de-
velopment hereabouts will greatly stim.
ulate the building of new houses of all
sorts.
Following are the architects reports:
THE FIRM OF STRANGE AND GOTTsCHALK
Have only been in partnership about
four months. They have all the work
for the Electric Railway Homestead
Association. amounting to Sl20,0 900.
During the year they have erected lis
houses at less than $1,000. costing
SIS. $50; 30 between $1,000 aud $4,000,
SIS. 900; l3 between 81. 900 and "a, 900,
$45, 500; 10 between 81, 900 and $40, 900,
$50, 900; total, 1886, $50.
RIB. YOUNG REPORTS
Twenty-Five houses under $1,000, aggre.
eating $4,000; six houses between $1,000
aud $1,000. aggregating $1,000; fifteen
houses between $1,000 and $4,000, aggre.
eating $25, four houses between
"a, 900 and $4,000, aggregating $4,000;
ten houses between $4,000 and $4,000,
eggregating $50, 900; eight houses over
$4,000. aggregating $4,000; total,
$243,0O0.
The principal buildings are
Lankershim Block, Spring street be.
tween Third and Fourth street; style Of
architecture, modern; also warehouse in
rear, cost $50. 900. Owner. Mrs. A. L..
Laukershim.
New Denison Hotel, Main street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, cost Sl3, 600;
Los Angeles Academy, Grand Avenue,
near Sixth, cost $1,000; Ashley House.
Third street between Hill and Forth
street, cost $4,000; Robbins Hotel. cor.
ner Fourth and Sixth street, cost Sl4, ,0O0
Owner, James B. Lankersbim.
Addition to Montrose building, Fourth
street, near Main, $4500; order twenty
cottages for James B. Lankershire to be
sold on the installment plan.
Baptist Church at Monrovia, style,
Gothic, cost $500.
Baptist Church, east Los Angeles,
style, Gothic, cost 5000.
The Los Angeles University, in the
western part of the city, cost $1,000,
Breed Block, Spring street, between
Third and Fourth streets, style modern,
cost 500. 900; Norwood House, corner of
Sixth and Hill street, cost $1,000; addi-
,tion to Larronde Block, corner of Spring
and First street, cost Sll 900. Owner,
p. Larronde.
Ellis building. owner. Capt. j. Ell.
wood, Ellis an elegant two story build.
ing, situated Adams and Figuero
street.
The Bartholdi, owner, DR.. Walter
1.irdley, between Fort and Hill streets,
opposite the st. Vincent, elegant family
hotel.
Also have order for ten cottages for
A. d. Childress to, be sold on the install.
ment plan.
KYsoR, MORGAN & WALLS.
Buildings erected and dscommenced un.
der the directions of Kysor, Morgan &
Walls, between January lst and De-
cember 3lst, 1856, in the city of Los
Angeles.
Lawyer Building, Temple street 76
feat froptage, 80 feet deep, cost S26. .00O,-
=, 90,
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